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postern

Meaninga small back-door

Common meaning: small back gate or entrance

Journey through time

  1. Latinposterula‘a small back-door’source
  2. Frenchposternesource
  3. Englishpostern‘small back gate or entrance’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin posterula ‘a small back-door’.

Source words

  • posterula Latin · source word “a small back-door”

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